Lovers, Cape Cod. 1940.
Oil and watercolor.
Titled by a hand other than that of the artist (Florian Karsch), dated and inscribed "Von George Grosz selbst erworben" on the reverse. On wove paper. 45.3 x 55.6 cm (17.8 x 21.8 in), size of sheet.

• Expressive combination of subtly modeled pictorial elements.
• Typical motif in George Grosz's pornographic oeuvre.
• Made during his long-term stay in the USA (1932–1959).

With a photo expertise from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, from August 11, 2022. The present work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired from the artist in 1958, with the ms. note on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: 636 Werke von 50 Künstlern des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Zweiundsechzig Arbeiten von George Grosz zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Kunstblätter 56, Herbst-Winter 1993/94, October 1993 - March 1994, cat. no. 34 (color illu. on p. 23) (here titled "Kauernder Rückenakt am Strand, mit dem Maler vereinigt").
George Grosz. Arbeiten aus den 40er Jahren, Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum, April 2 - September 30, 1998, p. 10 (with colro illu.).
George Grosz und die Erotik, USB Art Consult, Expressional 2008, Berlin, May 25 - August 24, 2008, cat. no. 44 (with colro illu. on p. 47).

In good condition. Margins with a few small round holes from the making.